The Senate on the Brink [The NYT blatantly shills for the obstructionist Democrats]

NY Times ^ | March 6, 2005 | MEATHEAD EDITORIAL

[Soul Seeker]

No, my "whatever" evidences a complate lack of interest in what the NYT's has to contribute to the discussion.

[YOUGOTIT]

The lies, of the anti-American NYTs are like black bile from the mouth of the devil. They will say or do anything to try and get their point across. This editorial proves that they know nothing about our Supreme Law.

[RWR8189]

And we're not talking about eliminating filibusters all together...

[AaronInCarolina]

HillaryCare would be the law of the land right now, if it weren't for the filibuster.

My criticism is not necessarily aimed at the filibuster in general, it is the use of it in the context of judicial appointments. Filibusters have long been a standard practice in congress, but until the dems started doing it recently, it was not used to block judicial appointments.

If HillaryCare had not been blocked, it is almost a certainty that we wouldn't have to fear the spectre of her running for president ever.

[rdcorso]

They only want judges who they consider liberal enough to support their agenda.If the president has to go nuclear to get his judges voted on then he should go ahead and drop the bomb on the heads of the moronic democrats.I don't know where the writer has been for the last four years but the democrats have attempted to sabotage everything this president has pushed forward.They act like spoiled rotten brats who can't get over being a party of losers.

[ThirstyMan]

Someone should inform the NYT that THERE IS NO HISTORIC ROLE OF THE FILIBUSTER IN JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS!!!

And what the Republicans simply want is for these judicial nominees to get out of committee, where they can get a vote. The NYT seems to forget that we can't get a 51 majority vote unless that happens first OR the pubbies invoke the nuclear option.

[Semper Paratus]

"Senator Byrd is a former Klansman. In fact, he was the official “Kleagle” (one who recruits new members for the cause) of West Virginia. He is said to have “retired” from the group in 1943, but speeches in the 1950s and 1960s demonstrated his allegiance to the hooded few. This gem of a statement from the 1964 filibuster of the Civil Rights Act (yes, Byrd was the other leader) shows his true colors, “[I would never fight] with a Negro by my side. Rather I should die a thousand times…than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds."

[kcar]

The WormTongue Times.

[Proud2BeRight]

The NY Slimes' ilk is out of the White House, out of the Senate majority, out of the House majority, and hopefully soon out of the Judicial majority. It is difficult to accept being a loser.

[prairiebreeze]

The Slimes has hired Richard Clark as a columnist. That should tell us all we need to know about "All the Propaganda That's Fit to Print".

[eeriegeno]

Meathead editorial? Wow did the NYT really get that one right?

This kind of BS editorial plays with words that ignore the fact that the liberal democrats lost votes in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004. With those losses the dems still feel that they are in charge, while the pubbies are too damned afraid to take control. It's probably a good thing that I am not the sen maj leader because I would use the nuke option in a heartbeat. I would have done it so fast that it would have made Olympia Snowe's private parts tingle and would have reinitiated all of the pain that Mr McCain suffered when all of the bones in his body were previously broken.

[Mo1]

Oh Good Grief .. they are going to do away with the filibuster

They are going to go back to it original form where the Dems actually had to work for a filibuster

Just let the Senate vote up or down on the Judges .. what is so wrong with that ??

The NYT are a bunch of DRAMA QUEENS!

[digger48]

I wonder how "concerned" Tommy Daschle is about this NOW?

[Mo1]

Important: They use the term far right, but would never be caught dead using the term left.

BINGO

It's up there with Search Light Harry calling Greenspan a Political Hack

I smell D E S P E R A T I O N from the Dems/Libs

[Agrarian]

Nominate someone on the far left and one is being "courageous" and "inclusive." Nominate someone in the middle, and one is putting in "conservative" nominees. Nominate someone even remotely conservative, and one is threatening the downfall of democracy. The leftward tilt of our court system is the result of the fact that liberals beat us at this label game every time.

We hear lots about "ultraconservatives," "extreme conservatives," "far right" nominees, etc... When is the last time someone was labelled "ultra liberal," "extreme leftist," etc... by the MSM?

The New Deal *was* a socialist revolution. It is a sad day when a simple statement of fact puts one out of polite society.

[Bigun]

I cannot participate in this thread because, if I did, I might use language in describing the Commie Pinko Ba*strds at the NY Times that gentlemen don't use!

[gov_bean_ counter]

IIRC most of these far right nominees received the highest rating available by the Dem's favorite organization, the American Bar Association.

[Jim Noble]

How many votes do you think Frist really has?

Do you think he has 51? I'm almost sure he doesn't.

Do you think he has 50?

If he only has 48-49 sure votes, he'd better be damned careful about pulling the trigger-because ths is a vote he cannot stand to lose.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Has Andrea Mitchell interviewed any Dems since Dusty Harry's tirade?

[digger48]

We hear lots about "ultraconservatives," "extreme conservatives," "far right" nominees, etc... When is the last time someone was labelled "ultra liberal," "extreme leftist," etc... by the MSM?

I had never heard the term "neo-con" before 2000. Can't make it through the day without hearing it now.